Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unguilty

/ʌnˈɡɪl.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-guilty
IPA: /ʌnˈɡɪl.ti/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"XLVI "Tell me what will you do? why would you stain Your noble hands in our unguilty blood?"
"And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ungilti, ungulti, from Old English ungyltiġ; equivalent to un- + guilty.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ungilti, ungyltiġ

Inflected Forms

more unguilty (comparative) most unguilty (superlative)

Derived Forms

unguiltiness

Synonyms

guiltless innocent blameless clean clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clear dovelike innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn irreprehensible

Rhymes With

guilty silty hilty tilty stilty

Questions

How do you pronounce unguilty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈɡɪl.ti/.
What does unguilty mean?: Not guilty.
Where does unguilty come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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